Manila, Oct. 24 -- The Philippines is reshaping its defense to make it more capable and resilient against modern threats, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said on Thursday.

"The President (Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.) has instructed us to be unyielding and to reshape our defense ecosystem as quickly as possible into a multi-threat, multi-domain system," Teodoro said in his speech before members of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines in Makati City.

He also pushed for greater transparency, trust, and shared growth in defense and industrial development with the organization.

The Philippines is "at the spearhead" of current threats to the international order, he said, citing China's latest il...